English
nascent
Nascent comes from Latin nāscor ‘to be born’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to give birth’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscēnspresent participle of nāscor
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1624nascent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to give birth’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gnāskōr‘to be born’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscor‘to be born’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnāscēnspresent participle of nāscor
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1624nascent
Earliest quotation: c. 1624, Richard Crakanthorpe, That the Church of Rome holdeth no doctrine by faith: “In the firſt, the Pope was but Antichriſt naſcent…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to give birth’
kind, general, king, german, nation, generation, engine, gender, genuine, genetic, genius, gene, oxygen, indigenous, genre, ken, hydrogen, gentle, genocide, kin, noel, naive, genus, genital, germ, ingenious, nativity, nada, naïve, puny, janata, gentile, gens, glycogen, gingerly, genial, cognate, genitive, jaunty, azadi, 108 more
through Latin nāscor ‘to be born’
nature, native, pregnant, innate, nee, natal, renate, 10 more
Today it means
adj Emerging; just coming into existence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / nascent